US treasury sells $70 billion of 5 year notes at a high yield of 4.393%

  • High yield 4.393%
  • WI level at the time of the auction 4.391%.
  • Tail +0.2 basis points
  • Bid to cover 2.37X versus 2.32X
  • Directs 28.4% vs average of 21.2%.
  • Indirects 61.5% versus average of 65.4%
  • Dealers 10.05% versus average of 13.4%

The domestic buyers were the stronger today it ain’t 428.4% of the issue. The international buyers were less than the average at 61.5%. The bid to cover was modestly higher than the average. The tail although positive was better than the average of 0.7 basis points.

Auction Grade: B

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.

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